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100 Mile Wilderness

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Apr 23, 2017 at 6:09 pm #3464569

Kathryn L
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I’m planning on hiking the 100 mile wilderness in late June – starting around June 24. The timing isn’t perfect but fits with my family. I’ll drive to Monson, stay at Shaw’s, get shuttled to the Abol Bridge, and hike back. I typically put in 17-22 miles in Virginia. I’m planning on taking 6 days.

Will it be unbearably buggy? Swampy?

Alternatively, I’m not wedded to the 100 mile wilderness, it just seemed like a good stretch to do. Is there another 100 mile-ish bit of trail that I can drive to from Virginia that people think is better? I am irrationally terrified of heights, so nothing with lots of knife edges, boulders to jump through/over, that sort of thing.

Apr 30, 2017 at 7:18 pm #3465627

Dale South
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@dsouth
Locale: Southeast

I did it first part of August. No bugs and not swampy at all. It was one of the best parts of the trail to me.

Apr 30, 2017 at 7:39 pm #3465631

Ben C
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@alexdrewreed
Locale: Kentucky

Kathryn, the 100 mile is nice. Baxter its nice too But I would probably do the Whites or southern Maine. Shaws is nice as is the one on the lake. It will be great either way.

May 1, 2017 at 2:20 pm #3465757

Kathryn L
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@klc

Thanks. I don’t actually plan to stay in Baxter at all. I’ve heard the Whites are lovely. Given my tremendous fear of heights (and loathing of rock scrambles), I’m not sure it’s a good choice unless all the descriptions I read are lies. Also, I want to camp outside, away from shelters, and that isn’t allowed along the AT in NH is it?

I’ve heard the 100-ish miles in Maine before the NH border is lovely — why would you do that over the 100 MW? I realize much of what makes that 100 MW appealing (and I know it’s not ‘wilderness’) is that it’s named.

May 1, 2017 at 2:45 pm #3465762

Ben C
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@alexdrewreed
Locale: Kentucky

I agree, it’s just a matter of what you like. Southern Maine and the Whites have a higher concentration of high mountains, which I like. You might prefer the lakes, bogs, peaks, and easier trails of the 100 mile. The 100 mile is very nice. I especially liked the blueberries, huckleberries, lakes, and long river walks. I also went in August and there were some bugs but they were bearable.
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